51 h. ago Donald Trump backed down from 'UK troops frontline' claim 'after King Charles steps in'

United States President Donald Trump has gone back on his remarks about British troops "staying back" from the Afghan frontline after backlash from those in the UK

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55 h. ago Trump hails ‘BRAVE soldiers’ of Britain after furious backlash to claim UK troops ‘stayed back’ from Afghan frontline

DONALD Trump has praised the "great" and "very brave" British soldiers who fought in Afghanistan after drawing flack for questioning their commitment. The US president claimed that Nato soldiers "stayed off the front lines" in the brutal conflict, prompting Sir Keir Starmer to demand he apologise for the “appalling and insulting” comments. Rowing back in...

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61 h. ago Rod Stewart turns on old friend Donald Trump demanding he apologise for saying British soldiers stayed back from the Afghan front line

In a video on Instagram, the singer, 81, branded the US president a 'draft dodger' and described his comments on UK servicemen in Afghanistan as 'unbearable'.

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3 d. ago Vladimir Putin makes ridiculous demand to Donald Trump in Ukraine peace deal talks

Talks in Abu Dhabi started on Friday and are due to continue over two days "as part of ongoing efforts to promote dialogue and identify political solutions to the crisis"

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3 d. ago 'Insulting and frankly appalling': Keir Starmer demands apology from Donald Trump in major transatlantic row over jibe at Britain's Afghan war dead

The US president was accused of taking a cheap shot at his country's allies when he told Fox News on Thursday that he was 'not sure' NATO would be there for America 'if we ever needed them'.

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3 d. ago Mother of teenage British soldier killed by US bomb in Afghanistan demands Donald Trump apologises for his 'insult to our fallen' following Nato comments

Lorraine McClure said she was 'angry and cut up' about President Trump's 'insult' to the memory of the 457 British troops including her son Aaron, 19, who died on active service in Afghanistan.

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3 d. ago PM must call out Donald Trump's 'ultimate insult' to our troops, soldier's mum demands

Diane Dernie, whose son Ben Parkinson had both legs amputated and suffered brain damage in a land mine blast in Afghanistan, voiced her fury at Donald Trump's disgraceful remark about NATO troops

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5 d. ago Trump steps up Greenland annexation demand and attacks European leaders at Davos

US president tells business and political leaders in Davos his country needs ownership to defend ‘unsecured island’Donald Trump has stepped up his demand to annex Greenland but said the US would not use force to seize it during a rambling, invective-laden speech at Davos where he once again lashed out at Europe’s political leaders.The address to thousands of business and political leaders at the World Economic Form in the Swiss ski resort indicated that while the US president was renouncing the use of military force – for now at least – to wrest control of Greenland, he still intended to wield America’s economic and diplomatic power to bend European allies to his will. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Extraordinary moment crowd at NBA game in London cheers shout of 'leave Greenland alone' during US national anthem after Trump's 'gangster' threats of trade war over island

In the wake of Donald Trump's bombastic demand that the US be handed the Danish island, singer Vanessa Williams was overshadowed as she performed the Star Spangled Banner.

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9 d. ago As Trump's deadline for a cap on credit card rates looms, banks have only questions and no answers

President Donald Trump has demanded a 10% cap on credit card interest rates by January 20

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1 week ago In their words: Greenlanders talk about Trump's desire to own their Arctic island

U.S. President Donald Trump has turned Greenland into a geopolitical hotspot with his demands to own it

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2 w. ago MPs demand USA is kicked out of World Cup over Donald Trump 'lawbreaking'

Twenty-one MPs have signed a motion demanding FIFA expels the USA from the summer's World Cup - saying Trump's Venezuela strike broke international law and must have consequences

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